Hold for making burial-vaults.



T. M.l CASS. .MOLD F011 MAKING.v BURIAL VAULTS.

. PPLIUTION FILED TUN 9, 1908. 4 901,523. Patented Oct. 20, 1908 Wbnevsses.' I IPUGBO @VQ/w@ ffm., @wf

T. M. CASS.

MOLD FOB. MAKING BURIAL VAULTS. APPLIUATION FILED JUNE d, 190s.

T. M. CASS.

' MOLD FOR MAKING BURIALfVALTS. APPLIUATION FILED JUNE 9, 1908.

.901",523 Patented, oet. 2o, 1908 4 SHEETS-sinn 3.

Fig. 5 1s e pefspeeive View :u1 Flg.4 2 for ad'usting the UNITE .To dil? whom it may (Mesem: Be if; known ihm, if, Ynenme elizen. ef the Unefi. St/etes, resicm et Fem Wenig, Teme. have mfembed eer lie. new and useful mprovemeees in Molds for Mak# ing Euel/veute; 0;? @il ich@ :following e speeen/ten.

This invention 'eaee se molds for mame fastening burial vaults, and peteulady ie molds Weich een be reme'ved imam the vfus Without mutetng le multe 5 end. lle objeetis to provide maids by 'which burial veue een. be menufachm'ed quickly and eeenemeelly and. which will lea-ve the' eus in pesition te be' eesiy trenspmted ne plekee. @zher eejeege am?. edm-megas Wm 'be 'lxfy expeimed in the feewilf@ feees" time amd the 'inveetfm will be :mme eteuery pointed out 'in the claims. Reference e had le the ee-empenjviwg d'ewinge which em e. peru el" he app eef tion and Speeeeizml.'

Figure i is e peepeeivve 'View of 'lle meid. eom'pee reed?! for 'eeving materiel te ferm e ve'u. fig. 2 ie e homzome). eee'tion of the seme. Fig. is e plan View m? the frame for suppertng the meld and the vault and, for moving the Vault. Fig. 4 ie e www@ five View of the inte/rief me-: ged dawn.

n n a Vault aft-er 'the outside or ex'eaer mo'i is yemuved, Fig. 6 is a, breken ViewT mus meting; elle me nel* of adiusting the end pieces 0E the n'izeor mold. Fig. 7 1s a d pieces which are useto pvot-eef. the edges 0f the vaults about. the ends heeof. Fxgs. 8 and, 9 ae boken vieWs, i11s-mtng vmsf ione from the rods and turmbuedee, 'elxewn fineier Inoki.

' Fig. i0 is e Vertice erosseeetionef the umide.

of eferenee :me used to parte throughou the ser Similar characters indicate the same eral views.

The molde eye Supported n e fmnle com posed of beams l, 2, 3, md Thin boards 5, G, '7, and 8 ere placed on the suppmbing frame. The molde are mounted en the boerds. The four pieces, Q, i0, lLend 125 constituting file interior 'mold ere ehow, @lul Fig. 4;. The side pieces are-'erched e@ 'the ppmseizing.. of Leiris@ M. Cees, e ,I

ll View o the emmer" per.' parte and me pfevded with larmes '13. The meenng of the side peees l0 eml'l ae evidf-fi meh stps M. whim me sett en amge each ehezf, The be e'welxsitt ing @he sides E0 ered. El etmexed to the Tere-ees 3.3. '.he ehjeet 'x i2 fthe strips 14 et Magie to eefex. e-eris ima-'ue eide peees eine. j te be (hmm nwmy a-t'he bepem fel the purpose of. .removal down Werdy. The end pieces Q were eet be tween the sides l eed 1l amd are edjustex firem web @their by reds wend e. 'wmmeke l, bhe'reds L5 wading zolhold elle end pieces e xea distese@ apart dur-- ingepee'tioin. 'ze end, pieces 9 mld. '1:2 Aance they xed breeed egenet inward movemel, 'by luelbaee LUZ Whieh epemte in the breeee i3. when the end peees mif l2 ere e femevefl the 'humhbeoe seyewed heel?. verde ifm e@ ef `lpieve 12 te be dmwn mide ei im piece zerep e'evmwede. The eine peees mld 11 are mjusted meme of reds end yaulnbbueides l., The ms 18 engege simples es." lee'ps 2Q. The sides E@ mld. me be expended. el" eezlnmeed by fue buffe .are eentraeed un-3l whey Wi@ down he- 'weeiii the eu'pggmx' beams lend, The strips 14 pement-this eemgljaetag e? ehe el: i@ end, l. Gemey. @eps E?. pie-*v* 'ed 1 eeehend of the Veu; {See Fig. 7). ehm e by doit-ed ouine subsmbim y ieee-tion ei the cerne? caps. These Sepe 'ere theee'mers ei me' ntewmGd-te ee the meid tem mhieixg "to the interior of e. .e The eemereeps 51 may be made `of thin metall so that the nterferenee Wnh the muli: wi?! be inmmterel The side4 suppofriug mmiepeeee l .and Ehe-Ve eegee eut away mhe eereis, as shawn inf-Fig. 3,256 9 e descend es 5.321957 dem the etges 23 of ih su orte 3 and 4.

he 'exterior mofs faire formed. of side pieces 24: which me. Se sjrengthenee suitable mennen nd pieees 2 mue 10u romded sui/id. when eesembez 0e Ugg-plm@ iween the ms ofthe Side-24. le-:eldia Ihold the levers 40 and lll rigid. v -bars l2 breek in only one direcn'on'.` Vtllien pieces 24 may be clamped on the end pieces 25 and 26 by rods 27 and. screw bolts 28. The side pieces do not extend over the arched portion of the interior molds but the up er end pieces 2o extend liiglier then the src ed ortions of the interior mold. The materia for making' the vault is placed on the arched portion of tlie interior mold and the end pieces 26 must extend et least as high as the thickness of the vault.v The material is formed on the arched ortion of\ the interior mold by suitable trovve ing.

lThe interior molds are removed from tlie vaults by releasing the same as heretofore described andf by the vertically movable latform 29 which. receives the interior molds.

he latform 29 is moved vertically by a Wind ess 30 and chains 3i. The Windlass 30 is journaled in bearings in the upriglrts 32 Wliicll are removebly mounted in'tlie supports 1 end f2. The upriglits 82 ere held in o eretive poeitionsby the ors okets 355. After t e interior moldsare removed the Windlsss' 30 with its bearings may be removed andthe formed vault carried avra on the sup Jorting platform which is provir ed with rollers Se. .Fracks 35 are provided for the rollers 34.

The variation siloWn in Fig. 8 oonsists of levers 4]. and-e0 Wliicli engage the staples 20 and ere. pivotally connected together and of link bars42 'which engage staples 39 and are vivotally connected to the levers 4l and 40. il`l1e links 42 are jointed at e3 for convenience l of o eration. Wlien holding molds in plece the evers and 4l are held in the fixed osition by s ring 44 and the link bars 42 lirace the upper partei the side molds and The link the molds are to be removed, the ringT 44. is removed from the lever il and the joints ot the link bars .ere broken so the molds may be drown inwardly.

Moens are provided for out outs inv tlie ends of the vault. These out-outs 36 :are made for convenience in plaein'g the vaults in 'graves'. Tlie grsbs or irons For lmvoring the vaults catoh under the ends of the vaults in the ciitouts 36 and may be easily removed. 'lllie cut-outs are formed by placing; strips or boards 37 on the .pporting platform to receive the .material in tl'ie plastic sti ..e. When the vault is formed and dried, the strips or boards 37 are removed. ln Fig. 5 one of the strips 37 is shown in place and at the other end of the vault the strip is removed, showing'tlle out-out 36.

The operation apparent from the above descriotion. lt shown that means ere provir ed for making. vaults with tlic arr-.li upiva-rd and that mca'tns are provided l'or romoving' tlic interior molds from thc vault Without disturbing the vault in any manner.. Means are shown for adjusting tile interior molds in and out of' operative position. Means are also shown for preventing the interior molds from adherin to the for-med vault. Means are also provide for making cut-outs in the lower ends of` the vault so that the grab irons may be easily removed from the vault after the vault is lowered into position.

Having fully described my invention, what l claim as'new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,--

l. Molds for making burial vaults comprising inner and outermolds, the inner' molds consisting ot side pieces arched at their upper parts,- vend ieces placedl Within the ends o the said si e pieces, means for adjusting the said ends into and out of operative position relative lsaid side pieces, s. platform common for the inner .and outer molds, end means 'for removing' .the inner molds downward through the platform.

4'-2. Molds for making burial vaults comprising inner and outer molds, the outer molds consisting of sides and ends and means for binding the sides on the ends, the ends vextending above the sides and curved to conform to the form of the vault, the inner molds consisting ot sides and ends placed Within the ends of the sides, the upper parts of the sides being yarched over the ends, a platform common to theinner and outer molds, means for removing the inner molds from the formed vault downwardly, the side pieces of the platform being cut away for the downward passage of the end pieces of the inner molds, the sides of the inner molds having braces therein, and hand bolts op erating the braces of the sides'for adjusting the end pieces of the inner molds into end out ot' operativepositions whereby the end pieees may be brought into position to ass down through the cut-outs in said plat orm pieces.

3. Molds for making buidel vaults com v,prising a ortnble platform, interior and eX'- torior mo ds mounted on said platform, said platform having on opening therethrough for the passage of seid interior molds, and moans lor removing .said interior molds downward consisting of a vertically movable platform, a Windlass, and cables attached to said Windlsss and to said vertically movable plstlorm.

4. Molds` lor making burial vaults comprising exterior and interior molds, a platform supporting said molds, corner ce s removably mounted on said interio'iI mo ds .to prevent the in terior molds from clinging to the formed vault, and means for rer'novingl the interior molds downivsrdsthrough said platform. i

5. Molds for making burial vaults comprising exterior and interior mo'lds, a platform supporting said molds, seid interior molds having interior braces, rodsandgn'turn buckles: for holding the parte of said interior testimony Iwhereof, I .sotmy hand in mold in o eratve relation, and, means for the presence o two Wi.tnesses,tl1is ls't day of removal o said interior molds downward June, 1908. through said platform including rods und y 5 turn buckles andl hand bolts operating in the Witnesses:

braces of said interior .molds and vertically A. L. JACKSON, moving platform. J, W. STITT.

THOMAS M. CASSu l 

